The Mona School of Business at UWI and the World Bank presents a public lecture titled, “Jamaica and the World Bank’s Development Policy Loans, 2009 to 2011- Recession, Restructuring, and Reform.”  The Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Auguste Kouame, World Bank lead economist and sector leader for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management for the Caribbean. The event takes place on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 6 pm at the Executive Lecture Theatre at the Sir Alister McIntyre Building, UWI, Mona.

In his Lecture Dr. Kouame will explore the areas of support that were covered under the last two Development Policy Loans (DPLs) granted by the World Bank to Jamaica for budgetary support. A third DPL is being considered for 2011.

The event will feature a main presentation followed by a question and answer segment with Dr. Kouame and other members of the World Bank/DPL team.

The university community and the public are invited to attend.